måndag, juli 16

"The avant-garde outsider from Antwerp insinuated himself into the hallowed historyof haute couture with a tour de force that had both emotional and intellectual resonance"

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"Christian Dior's own obsession—flowers—was translated into salons lined ceiling to floorwith panels of blooms: delphiniums in the blue room, orchids in the white room, mimosain the yellow room, and so on. More than a million all told, making a gorgeous architecturalabstraction of nature" - Tim Blanks